On the evening of April 2, 2022, Beijing time, the 31st round of the Premier League began, and Liverpool faced Watford at home. In the first half, Ronaldo's national team teammate Jota made a contribution to the header. Towards the end of the second half, Jota again created a penalty that Fabinho scored. Liverpool eventually won 2-0 over Watford. This victory allowed Liverpool to temporarily overtake Manchester City to reach the top, while Watford basically locked in the relegation place, and it was almost impossible to escape the relegation zone.
Liverpool currently have 69 points, only one point away from Manchester City, and will temporarily surpass Manchester City after winning this round. Poor Watford scored 22 points, three points behind Everton, who had three rounds in the junior rounds, and relegation was basically hopeless. In Liverpool's first leg against Watford this season, he won 5-0 away from home. Watford scored a valuable 3 points in a groundbreaking 2-1 win over Southampton in the last round.
Liverpool's starting line-up line-up is lined up in a 433 formation, with a total starting player worth €488 million, with Becker in goalkeeper positions and four defenders against Gomez, Matip, Van Dijk and Robertson; three midfielders jones, Henderson and Thiago; and Salah, Firmino and Jota in the forward line.
In the first half, Liverpool's attack was very sharp, with 11 wins in the half and 2 shots on target. In particular, Jota scored with a header that brought himself to four headers this season.
In the 52nd minute of the second half, Jota also attempted a long-range shot, but the shot went high over the crossbar. Throughout the second half, Liverpool were almost pressing Watford to play, 72% possession, 164 attacks and 20 shots on goal, Watford basically did not have any counter-force.
In the 88th minute, Liverpool scored again, Jota broke into the Watford penalty area and was brought down by Watford players, and finally awarded a penalty by the referee, Brazilian star Fabinho scored the ball, and Liverpool won 2-0.
The match also set 3 new records. First, Jota scored 23 goals in 46 games, surpassing Crouch in Liverpool's all-time club history to rank 20th in Liverpool's all-time top scorer list; second, Jota scored 14 goals this season, which is the second most non-penalty goal in the Premier League, only one goal less than salah in the first place; third, Gomez, who gave an assist in this game, can be described as an "iron tree blossom", which is his second assist in the Premier League after five years since December 2017.